Richard Sowers. Professor, University of Illinois

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The Diagnostic Gait

Can gait dynamics be used to diagnose Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?  We recorded gait data from 20 individuals with MS and 20 without, and used Machine Learning to try to distinguish between the two.

Reference:  Rachneet Kaur, Zizhang Chen, Robert Motl, Manuel Enrique Hernandez, Richard Sowers. Predicting Multiple Sclerosis from Gait Dynamics Using an Instrumented Treadmill–A Machine Learning Approach. (2021).

Press release: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/715352095

Teaching

  • IE 525A SPRING 2023
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Videos

  1. The Diagnostic Gait

    January 25, 2021 r-sowers@illinois.edu
  2. The Smart and Frugal Home

    January 4, 2021 r-sowers@illinois.edu
  3. Topology of Traffic Congestion

    November 12, 2020 r-sowers@illinois.edu
  4. Time for Accidents

    October 18, 2019 r-sowers@illinois.edu
  5. The smart strawberry field

    March 15, 2018 r-sowers@illinois.edu
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